glorious friday.

i’m blogging first thing in the morning before it starts raining fire down on my sunny disposition. 

i suppose i can tell you now what was going on. The Brit’s company is going down and cutting jobs left and right and we knew last week that it was just a matter of days before he was out of a job. We held on to the slight chance that he would be spared but he’s been lucky the past two times this happened there and i didn’t think it would be the case this time.  so of course i was stressing out.  on monday he was told he was no longer needed.  tuesday was his last day.  i was freaking out.  i thought we’d be poor.  and yes,  my salary is enough to cover the bills and the groceries and whatever else we need for the month but i would have to cut back on my shopping habit and we wouldn’t be able to eat out and blah blah blah.  i’m not good with change and i got scared.  i imagined moving out of our swanky townhouse and living in the projects across the street with the lady and her children who smell like fried food.  and the poor brit.  what was he going to do with himself all day?  while he said that he wouldn’t mind being a house husband,  we only have so many tea towels he could iron.  he would be bored senseless.    we put a ban on going out and getting friday night takeaway.  our plans to a holiday to japan or china got pushed to one side.  i cancelled my hair appointment and told the Brit that he would have to cut my hair.  i was feeling rather bleak.

my manager actually offered him a few days of contract work but the Brit said he’d rather go on the dole than work for him.  hee hee.  i had to laugh and agree with him. 

then yesterday he told me that he got a job!  yay!  it’s only a 6 month contract but they said it’ll probably go for a year and it’s paying loads of money, more than what he was making at his last job.  it will involve working some weekends and probably a public holiday or two (like Cup day in a couple of weeks) but that’s okay.  i’m relieved and very happy today now.  i’m going shopping this weekend to celebrate!

bah! work just came in.  i will write more later!